New Delhi (The Stellar News): Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati will support Droupadi Murmu, the Bhartiya-Janta party’s candidate for next Months’s presidential election. BSP Chief Mayawati said, “The BSP has decided to support Droupadi Murmu in the upcoming Presidential elections, keeping in mind the Adivasi Samaj is an important part of the Party’s movement”.
“This decision was taken not to support the BJP or NDA nor to go against the opposition UPA, but keeping in mind our party and its movement for making a capable and dedicated Adivasi woman the president of the country,” the BSP boss and ex-Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
The BSP has 10 Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha MP’s but two of the latter three parliamentarians will retire on July 4- 14 days before the presidential elections. The party has one seat in the UP legislative assembly.
Mayawati also hit out at the opposition for not consulting her as they selected a joint candidate- former union minister Yashwant Sinha.
